KELBROOK   - Formerly part of the parish of Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks

INDEX TO KELBROOK CHURCHES, CHAPELS & BURIAL GROUNDS

Index no Link Establishment and Location
Church of England
 KEL.CE.01 St.Mary the Virgin, Church Lane
 KEL.UM.01 Bethel, Colne Road
For the history of Kelbrook see -
 'Kelbrook in Times Past' by Victor Laycock (1987)

Town / Index no :  Kelbrook - KEL.CE.01
Map references :  OS SD 903448
Name :  St.Mary the Virgin
Denomination :  Church of England
Address :  Church Lane, Kelbrook, Lancs (formerly in Yorkshire)
Priest in Charge :  see (EAR.CE.01)
Lay Assistant :  Tracy Rishton, St.Mary's Vicarage, Vicarage Road, Kelbrook.
Telephone :  01282 841607

Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk"
  C 1841-1974, M 1869-1970,
Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers
  -
Graveyard
  Still in use
Memorial Inscriptions
  Transcribed 1996 - 335 headstones
Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions
  Colne Library
Brief History
  1839 Built .. Thornton in Craven was the mother church
  1851 Religious Census = an additional church for Thornton-in-Craven parish
  1868 First marriage at Kelbrook - until then at St.Mary's Thornton (THO.CE.01)

Town / Index no :  Kelbrook - KEL.UM.01
Map references :  OS SD 901446
Name :  Bethel
Denomination :  United Methodist
Address :  Colne Road, Kelbrook, Lancs (formerly in Yorkshire)
Incumbent :   -
Telephone :   -

Parish Registers at County Record Office, listed in "Finding Folk"
                   M 1942-1971, 
Local Sources for Copies of Parish Registers
  B 1889-1970, M 1935-1942, Circuit Archives
Graveyard
  none
Memorial Inscriptions
  -
Local Copies of Memorial Inscriptions
  -
Brief History
  1826 Founded - first chapel on Waterloo Road
  1851 Religious Census = Bethel Chapel, parish of Thornton, Yorks 1826 Wesleyan Association
  1890 Rebuilt on Colne Road
  1983 Amalgamated with others to form Church of St.Peter, Earby (EAR.M.01)
  1990s Demolished .. house built on site, datestones from chapel in garden
  see 'Kelbrook, Bethel United Methodist Church, Kelbrook centenary, 1826 -1926, a Souvenir hymn book' by Kelbrook Bethel United Methodist Church

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